|
Green sea turtle satellite tracking in the Nansha and Penghu Archipelagos 2000-2005
Cheng, I-Jiunn
Dataset credit
Cheng, I-Jiunn
|
Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
|---|
| Primary contact |
I-Jiunn Cheng |
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University |
 |
| Data entry |
Andrew DiMatteo |
US Dept. of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic |
|
|
Citation
Cheng, I. 2012. Green sea turtle satellite tracking in the Nansha and Penghu Archipelagos 2000-2005. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/742) on yyyy-mm-dd. Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.
|
Abstract
Green turtle is an endangered species in Taiwan. In addition to understanding their nesting ecology, the migration behavior and whereabouts in the ocean are equally important. The purpose of the current study is to deploy as many satellite tags as possible to understand fully its post-nesting migration routes, rest/foraging areas and the influence of currents to the migration of green turtles. Furthermore, the combination of satellite tracking with genetic studies allow us to construct comprehensive conservation measures on a regional and international basis.
|
Purpose
To understand the whereabouts of green turtles that nest in Taiwan, and the influence of currents to the migration behavior.
|
Supplemental information
N/A
|
References
Cheng, I-J. 2007. Nesting ecology and postnesting migration of sea turtles on Taipin Tao, Nansha Archipelago, South China Sea. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 6(2): 277–282. Cheng, I-J. and Y-H. Wang. 2009. Influence of surface currents on post-nesting migration of green sea turtles nesting on Wan-An Island, Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 17(4): 306-311.
|
Attributes
Overview
This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.
OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only.
Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.
Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.
Attributes in dataset
| Attribute (table column) | Description |
|---|
| oid | Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP) |
| obs_date | Observed date |
| obs_time | Observed time |
| latitude | Latitude of observation |
| longitude | Longitude of observation |
| sp_obs | Species observed |
| sp_tsn | Species ITIS TSN |
| obs_count | Observed count (1 for satellite tag data) |
| series | |
| release | Distinguishes release point of a given track |
|
|
| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 742 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 0 |
| Sea turtles | 394 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 394 |
| Date, Begin | 2000-05-28 |
| Date, End | 2005-10-26 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | 4.80 - 32.34 |
| Longitude | 110.10 - 130.87 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Tag |
| Data type | Telemetry location |
| Tracklines | YES (ID: 743) |
| Traveled (km) | 17,692 |
| Travel hours | 17,788 |
| Contr. through | |
| Registered | 2011-04-22 |
| Updated | 2012-07-31 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
| Shared with |
OBIS*
GBIF (via DOI)*
* Aggregated summary |
| See metadata in static HTML |
| See metadata in FGDC XML |
| See download history / statistics |
|
